Obituaries

Faye Crook

Faye Crook

May 2, 2005

Faye Reed Crook, 89, of Madam?s Creek, Hinton, died at 6:30 A.M. Monday at the Summers Co. Appalachian Regional Hospital at Hinton, following a short illness. Born March 21, 1916 on Madam?s Creek in Summers Co., she was the daughter of the late Asa Howard and Sarah Amma Meadows Reed. Mrs. Crook was a lifelong resident of Summers Co., she...

Carol Wade

Carol Wade

May 2, 2005

Carol Cantley Wade, 50, of Wayside, died Monday at her home, following a long illness. Born August 6, 1954 in Summers Co., she was the daughter of the late Robert Earl and Edna Faye Petrey Cantley Sr. She had lived all her life in Monroe and Summers Counties, she was a homemaker and a former Certified Nursing Assistant. Carol was...

Ellen Hall

Ellen Hall

May 1, 2005

Ellen Arnott Hall, 92, of Beckley, formerly of Richmond, VA, died at 6:25 P.M. Sunday, May 1, 2005 at the Raleigh General Hospital at Beckley, following a long illness.Born May 22, 1912 at Greenville, WV, she was a daughter of the late John Wesley and Idora Jane Weikle Arnott. Member of the Calvary United Methodist Church at Richmond, VA, she...

Lilly Gill

Lilly Gill

Apr 28, 2005

Lilly B. Gill, 83, of Hinton, died Thursday, April 28, 2005 at 11:00 A.M. at the Summers Co. Appalachian Regional Hospital at Hinton following a long illness. Born February 20, 1922 at Lockbridge, WV she was the daughter of the late Charlie and Cindy Martin and was a lifelong resident of Summers Co. Mrs. Gill was a homemaker and a...

Bessie Farmer

Bessie Farmer

Apr 22, 2005

Bessie Davis Farmer, 100, of Madam?s Creek, Hinton, went on to be with the Lord at 9:35 P.M. Friday, April 22, 2005 at the Summers County Appalachian Regional Hospital at Hinton, following a short illness. Born October 22, 1904 on Madam?s Creek, she was the daughter of the late Garfield and Lilly Smith Davis and was a lifelong resident of...

Jennings Dodd

Jennings Dodd

Apr 15, 2005

Jennings B. ?J.D.? Dodd, 61, of Hilldale went to be with his Lord on Friday, April 15, 2005 following a long illness. Born June 8, 1943 in Hinton he was a son of the late James W. and Mary Richmond Dodd. He had worked construction for more than 30 years with the Dravo Corp. of Pittsburgh, PA, member of Loyal...

Curtis Maddox

Curtis Maddox

Apr 11, 2005

Curtis E. Maddox, 81 of Hinton, a former resident of Turnersville, N.J. died Monday April 11, 2005 at his home following a long illness. Born November 6, 1923 in Halifax, N.C. he was a son of the late Edward W. and Hannah P. Bruton Maddox. A resident of Hinton since 1997 and a former employee of Super Tire Engineering of...

Lawrence Samuel

Lawrence Samuel

Apr 2, 2005

Lawrence E. ?Tex? Samuel, 71, of Lick Creek Road, Pipestem went to be with his Lord and Savior at 7:25 A.M. Saturday, April 02, 2005 at the Raleigh General Hospital following a short illness. Born July 24, 1933 in Fort Worth, Texas he was a son of the late Lawrence E. and Swan Martin Samuel. Tex was an ordained minister...

Ricky Adkins

Ricky Adkins

Apr 2, 2005

Ricky Ray Adkins, 44, of Hinton, died in his sleep at home on April 2, 2005. Born December 13, 1960 at Hinton, he was a son of James Nelson Gill of Pipestem and the late Patsy Jean Adkins Gill. He had lived all his life in Summers Co. and was of the Baptist faith. Preceded in death by his Maternal...

Josephine Cales

Josephine Cales

Mar 30, 2005

Josephine Foster Cales, 87 of Sandstone, died Wednesday, March 30, 2005 at the Halstead Care Home at Nimitz, following a long illness. Born April 9, 1917 at Sandstone, she was the daughter of the late James and Ona Johnson Foster and was a lifelong resident of Summers Co. She was a homemaker and a member of the Sandstone Baptist Church....

Robert Swim

Robert Swim

Mar 28, 2005

Robert W. ?Hillbilly? Swim 72, of Pipestem went to be with the Lord, March 28, 2005 at the Princeton Community Hospital. Born March 27, 1933 at Corinne, WV he was a son of the late Cecil R. and Edna Mae O?Neal Swim. A former resident of St. Paul, MN where he retired from the St. Paul Water Co. where he...

Frederick Ambers

Frederick Ambers

Mar 28, 2005

Fred Ambers Frederick Ignatius Ambers, 52 formerly of Hinton died unexpectedly March 28, 2005 in Matthews, North Carolina after a long struggle with heart disease and diabetes. Born March 5, 1953 in Cleveland, Ohio, he was a son of the late Joseph and Eleanore Ambers. Fred was an avid sports fan and football player both in elementary school at Our...

Virginia Carter

Virginia Carter

Mar 28, 2005

Virginia Perry Carter, 100, of Talcott, died at 8:50 P.M. Monday, March 28, 2005 at the Summers Co. Continuous Care Center at Hilldale, following a short illness. Born March 8, 1905 at Alderson, she was a daughter of the late George and Laura Huffman Perry. Mrs. Carter had lived most of her life in Kanawha County, where she worked at...

Ora Lilly

Ora Lilly

Mar 24, 2005

Ora Marie Lilly, 96, of Jumping Branch, died Thursday, March 24, 2005, at the Summers Co. Continuous Care Center at Hilldale. Born February 3, 1909 at Streeter, she was the daughter of the late Samuel John Tilden Pack and Margaret Elizabeth Dunbar Pack. Mrs. Lilly had lived most of her life in Summers Co., she was a homemaker and a...

Martha Yancey

Martha Yancey

Mar 18, 2005

Martha A. Yancey, 100, of Madam?s Creek, Hinton, died Friday, March 18, 2005 at the Summers Co. Continuous Care Center at Hilldale, following a long illness. Born April 21, 1904 at Bakewell, TN, she was the daughter of the late James Dolphin and Nancy Myra Shipley Smith and had lived most of her life in Summers Co. She was a...

Rex Dillon

Rex Dillon

Mar 13, 2005

Rex Lee Dillon, 66, of Marie, passed away Sunday morning, March 13, 2005 at the Greenbrier Valley Medical Center at Fairlea, following a long illness. Born August 21, 1938, at Calloway Heights, in Raleigh Co., he was the son of the late Lacy H. and Sarah Hughes Dillon. In 1948, he moved to Marie, WV, where he had lived most...

Sylvia Gore

Sylvia Gore

Mar 13, 2005

Sylvia Holbrook Gore, of Godby St., Logan, passed away Sunday, March 13, 2005 at the CAMC Memorial Division at Charleston. Born at Whitman, she was the daughter of the late Caleb and Nannie May Holbrook. Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Robert E. Gore, five sisters; Rouie Sperry, Shirley Kitchen, Verdie Reynolds, Georgie Hobbs, and...

Lucy Willey

Lucy Willey

Mar 13, 2005

Mrs. Lucy Wiseman Willey, 99, of Fairfax, VA, formerly of Hinton, died Sunday morning, March 13, 2005 at the Manor Care ? Fair Oaks Rehabilitation Center at Fairfax, following a short illness. Mrs. Willey was born March 11, 1906 at Hinton. She was one of nine children born to the late H. Leslie and Elizabeth Boone Wiseman. Mrs. Willey was...

Eula Ratliff

Eula Ratliff

Mar 13, 2005

Mrs. Eula Marie Basham Ratliff, 67, of Jumping Branch died Sunday evening at her home following a long illness.Born December 17, 1938 at True, she was the daughter of the late William Wesley and Lillie E. Meador Basham.She was a member of the Bluestone Baptist Church at Jumping Branch.Preceded in death by two brothers, Arnold and Willard Basham.Survived by her...

Vella Lilly

Vella Lilly

Mar 11, 2005

Vella Mae Lilly 82, of Camp Creek went home to be with the Lord early Friday morning March 11, 2005 in the Raleigh Center at Daniels following a long illness. Born April 8, 1922 at Ellison she was a daughter of the late Theodore McKinley and Bertha Pack Lilly and a lifelong resident of Ellison and Camp Creek. Survived by...

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